Disnerdette
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jul 24, 2013
Hello to anyone who's reading this!
As you can probably gather, I'm new to the boards. SUPER new. I've been active on a totally different board for a short time now, but had a WDW question that I couldn't seem to get an answer for, which lead me here, and let me just say, I've gathered more info in the past day or two than I probably have in the past few years so THANK YOU all for your enthusiasm! I feel a little bit more comfortable in my Disney-love, now.
So, a trip planned 18 mos out? Kind of ridiculous, right? I'm aware that things change. There's no way of figuring out definite costs right now, or really, definite anything, but I would love some advice as there's a few different factors that are going into this plan, hence the reason why its 18 mos out.
A quick intro: as a kid, we went to Disney every year, but never stayed on property as my parents had a time share. I've stayed on property twice; once, at All-Star Music in 2004 (with my high school chorus) and the second time at Coronado Springs in 2011 for WDW Marathon weekend (I was working.) I know my way around the parks themselves like the back of my hand, but the resorts, not so much. Because of my newbie-ness to the resorts, I'm literally learning about DDP and free DDP this year, and am still not totally sure about it.
We live in SoCal and go to DL quite often; my boyfriend is new to the love of Disney (our first date was at DL two years ago; he had lived in SoCal for 10 years and had never gone! cue the awwws
) and is slowly warming up to the idea of a WDW vaca.
Here are the basics behind our trip:
- Because of our jobs, we would most likely have to take this trip around New Years, probably Dec 29/30 through Jan 4/5. I know this isn't ideal, but its the only time we could go, so we'll make it work!
- I wouldn't say we are "foodies" but we do love to eat, and whenever we're at DL, we always eat dinner at a table service restaurant. We will definitely be eating table service almost every night we're there - DDP worth it?
- Budget wise, I would love to stay at one of the All-Stars, to save money. Boyfriend, however, tends to be a bit more... picky?
Staying on property is a must; after my last experience, I couldn't imagine staying anywhere else, but I'm open to suggestions for other resorts. I'm not sure if that will be before or during WDW Marathon weekend. Are there ever any room discounts around that time? I'm sure its wishful thinking on my part, but always good to consider options... 
- I'm planning this far out because, frankly, I'll need to budget for it this far out, and what better incentive to save money than to actually start planning a Disney trip, right?!
I'm sure I'm asking a lot of silly questions to most of you, but I'm still getting my feet wet 'round these parts and would appreciate any and all advice you can give!
As you can probably gather, I'm new to the boards. SUPER new. I've been active on a totally different board for a short time now, but had a WDW question that I couldn't seem to get an answer for, which lead me here, and let me just say, I've gathered more info in the past day or two than I probably have in the past few years so THANK YOU all for your enthusiasm! I feel a little bit more comfortable in my Disney-love, now.
So, a trip planned 18 mos out? Kind of ridiculous, right? I'm aware that things change. There's no way of figuring out definite costs right now, or really, definite anything, but I would love some advice as there's a few different factors that are going into this plan, hence the reason why its 18 mos out.
A quick intro: as a kid, we went to Disney every year, but never stayed on property as my parents had a time share. I've stayed on property twice; once, at All-Star Music in 2004 (with my high school chorus) and the second time at Coronado Springs in 2011 for WDW Marathon weekend (I was working.) I know my way around the parks themselves like the back of my hand, but the resorts, not so much. Because of my newbie-ness to the resorts, I'm literally learning about DDP and free DDP this year, and am still not totally sure about it.
We live in SoCal and go to DL quite often; my boyfriend is new to the love of Disney (our first date was at DL two years ago; he had lived in SoCal for 10 years and had never gone! cue the awwws
) and is slowly warming up to the idea of a WDW vaca.Here are the basics behind our trip:
- Because of our jobs, we would most likely have to take this trip around New Years, probably Dec 29/30 through Jan 4/5. I know this isn't ideal, but its the only time we could go, so we'll make it work!
- I wouldn't say we are "foodies" but we do love to eat, and whenever we're at DL, we always eat dinner at a table service restaurant. We will definitely be eating table service almost every night we're there - DDP worth it?
- Budget wise, I would love to stay at one of the All-Stars, to save money. Boyfriend, however, tends to be a bit more... picky?
Staying on property is a must; after my last experience, I couldn't imagine staying anywhere else, but I'm open to suggestions for other resorts. I'm not sure if that will be before or during WDW Marathon weekend. Are there ever any room discounts around that time? I'm sure its wishful thinking on my part, but always good to consider options... - I'm planning this far out because, frankly, I'll need to budget for it this far out, and what better incentive to save money than to actually start planning a Disney trip, right?!
I'm sure I'm asking a lot of silly questions to most of you, but I'm still getting my feet wet 'round these parts and would appreciate any and all advice you can give!
